Queer science : the use and abuse of research into homosexuality / Simon LeVay.
Queer science : the use and abuse of research into homosexuality / Simon LeVay.
Queer science : the use and abuse of research into homosexuality / Simon LeVay.
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1996.
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N306.760723/1
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English
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Physical content
x, 364 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Hirschfeld and the Third Sex -- 2. The Nature and Prevalence of Homosexuality -- 3. The Talking Cure -- 4. Learning and Unlearning Homosexuality -- 5. Hormones -- 6. The Brain -- 7. Mental Traits -- 8. Stress -- 9. Genes -- 10. Against Nature? -- 11. Sickness or Health? -- 12. Science and the Law...
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1996.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
c1996.
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Summary
Research into homosexuality exemplifies both the promise and the danger of science applied to human nature. LeVay argues that the question of causation should not be the crucial issue in the gay-rights debate, but that science does have an important contribution to make. It can help to demonstrate that the traditional and still prevalent view of ho...
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Queer science : the use and abuse of research into homosexuality / Simon LeVay.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-347) and index.
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c1996.
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N306.760723/1
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74Vv2Gbqgdbl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv2Gbqgdbl
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ISBN
0262121999 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780262121996 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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306.760723
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991004040749702626
